Improvement in washing-machines



F. M. KARR.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Patented Jan.2,1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. KARR, OF WINTERSET, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,933, dated January2, 1877; application filed November 13, 1876.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F. M. KARE, of Winterset, Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Washing'Machines, of which thefollowing is a clear, full, and correct description, reference being badto the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is avertical crosssection of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, partiallybroken away.

My invention relates to machines for washing clothes; and it consists inthe combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A A represent the framework supporting the operativedevices, secured at the bottom and top by the crossties B B. The posts AA are slotted, as shown in Fig. 3, to afford a bearing to the fluted orcorrugated roller 0. Above this roller is secured a correspondingroller, 1), having its hearings in thimbles d d, from which rise thevertical rods a a. provided with the coiled springs b 1), extending upinto the posts A A, as shown in Fig. 3. The corrugations of the rollersG D are made of the same size and shape, so they will exactly tit andgear into each other when there is no intervening substance. Thetendency of the springs b b is to keep the roller D pressed down uponthe roller 0, the same pressure being transferred to any substancepassing between the rollers.

On each side of the posts A are secured the wings E, which furnishbearings for the supplemental rollers e e, placed below and on each sideof the corrugated main rollers O D, for a purpose hereinafter explained.Again, below the roller 6, I place the guardboard F, secured in inclinedgrooves made in the inner sides of the posts A A, the guardboard havinga sufficient incline to secure a ready drainage.

Now, the operation of my invention is as follows: The machine is placedas usual in a tub, and there secured by any well-known means. Theclothes to be washed are passed between the corrugated rollers G D. tobe pressed and cleansed, and if any fall from the large rollers they arecaught upon the supplemental rollers e c.

When the clothes are passed through the machine for the last time theguard-board F prevents their falling back into the water.

The supplemental rollers e e, placed below and on each side of thecorrugated rollers U D, serve an important purpose in the operation, as,in the hurry of pressing and cleansing the clothes by passing themthrough the corrugated rollers, articles are liable to drop accidentallyfrom these rollers, and fall back in the water, thereby necessitating arenewal of the work; but by the location of my supplemental rollers oneach side of the machine, the clothes thus falling are caught beforethey again reach the water, thus saving much time and labor in theoperation of washing and cleansing the articles.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim as new is- Awashing-machine, provided with the corrugated rollers U D, supplementalrollers e e, and guard-board F, all constructed to operate substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

FRANOIS M. KARE.

Witnesses:

A. W. WILKINSON, W. R. SHRIVER.

